Redland Bay parkrun

05/09/2026

What a fantastic morning at Redland Bay parkrun for Event #439, with 84 participants joining us for their Saturday morning run, jog or walk.

A warm welcome to our 22 first timers at Redland Bay, including 4 people completing their very first parkrun. Welcome to Stephen Ball, Nick Beckers, Linda Ball and Timothy Pollard. We hope you enjoyed your first parkrun and we look forward to seeing you again.

There were an impressive 9 new Personal Bests achieved today. Congratulations to Huon Gnu, Ellis Gnu, Mark Evans, Andrew Rowland, Sean Drake, Melissa Ellis, Matilda Brown, Abidya Yusuf and Faoziyah Lawal on their PBs.

Congratulations to Alexa Oates, who celebrated an amazing 200 parkruns today.

Congratulations also to Lucy Koellner, who reached her 10th parkrun milestone.

We also celebrated two fantastic volunteer milestones. Steven Ward reached 25 volunteer credits, while Debbie Olivier completed her 100th volunteer credit. Thank you both for everything you do for our parkrun community.

A special mention to our highest age grade achievers today, Paul Sutherland with 79.23% and Lainie Groundwater with 74.56%. Our first finishers were Huon Gnu in 18:06 and Lainie Groundwater in 23:39.

And of course, congratulations to our 11 hi-vis heroes who gave up their Saturday morning to make today's event possible. Thank you to Eric Opoku-Nti, Luke Ham, Oscar Neisler, Shari Shaw, Ruth Cantrill, Debbie Olivier, Deb Adams, Stephanie Gandy, Greg McInerney, David Gandy and Steven Ward.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, volunteered, supported others and helped make Event #439 another great Redland Bay parkrun.

We will see you all next Saturday for Event #440.

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Happy Friday Redland Bay parkrunners
We are all systems go for tomorrow’s event !!
Thanks in advance to our fantastic volunteer team .
We are still and are always looking for superstars to fill our volunteer rosters to help the RD team deliver a safe and enjoyable event. So please put your name down on the day or get in contact with the team to put your name down if you can help .
Sunday is Father’s Day so let’s start the celebrations a day early and bring dad or join him for a run or walk.
See you all tomorrow
RD Eric

28/08/2026

Redland Bay parkrun Event number 438 29th August 2026.
This week 118 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 24 were first timers and 15 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 6 different clubs took part. We welcomed visitors from New Zealand and Western Australia. Congratulations to Rodney Mawoyo who quietly snuck in his 250th run!

The event was made possible by 13 volunteers:

Caroline POLLARD • Clare POLLARD • Rodney MAWOYO • Debbie OLIVIER • Monique WHITEWOOD • Robert WHITEWOOD • Helen GLOVER • Paul GLOVER • Donna TURNER • Sophie PERISCE • Mary BACH • Beren MATTHEWS • Clark MATTHEWS

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Redland Bay parkrun Results Page.

Redland Bay parkrun started on 10th June 2017. Since then 7,253 participants have completed 43,806 parkruns covering a total distance of 219,030 km, including 6,091 new Personal Bests. A total of 624 individuals have volunteered 5,358 times.

28/08/2026

🏃‍♀️💜 REDLAND BAY PARKRUN – TOMORROW! 💜🏃‍♂️

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to Redland Bay parkrun in the morning! 🌅

Whether you’re walking, jogging, running, volunteering or cheering from the sidelines, we can’t wait to see you. 🙌

🎉 Celebrating something special?
If you’re celebrating a milestone or special event, please let us know so we can celebrate with you! 🥳🎈

⏰ MORNING REMINDERS

💛 Volunteers arrive: 6:30am
💛 First Timers Brief: 6:45am
💛 parkrun Brief: 6:50am
💛 Ready, Set, Go: 7:00am

A huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers who make parkrun happen each week. 💕👏

See you all in the morning! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌴

24/08/2026

Thanks everyone for stepping up so quickly. We just need one more barcode scanner and our roster will be complete. Any takers?

21/08/2026

What a great morning at Redland Bay parkrun for Event #437, with 109 participants completing the course, including 26 first timers and an impressive 20 new Personal Bests.

A special welcome to our seven first-time parkrunners: Nate Williams, Colleen McEwan, Emily Hil, Isabelle Hill, Sam Hallett, Madie Hallett and Elliot Jolley. We hope you enjoyed your first parkrun and that we see you back again soon.

Congratulations to everyone who achieved a Personal Best today: William Day, Georgiana McDonald, Shane Thornton, Parker Rowland, Nickson Rowland, Natsumi Ito, Hayden Maguire, Clayton Hodges, Kelly Hodges, Chris Rogers, Amanda O'Connor, Ella Baptista, Selena Davies, Andrew Rowland, Jamie Fellingham, Summer de Keranflech, Erin Maguire, Susan Wallace, Aria De Keranflech and Sebastien De Keranflech.

There were also some fantastic milestones to celebrate. Jamie Fellingham and Corey Rodriguez both reached their 25th parkrun, while Robert Whitewood celebrated an impressive 350 parkruns. We also had unofficial volunteer milestones for Courtney Redmond and Jessy Murphy as they completed their first time volunteering.

Congratulations to our first finishers, with William Day finishing first in 18:50 and Georgiana McDonald the first female finisher in 19:03. Georgiana also recorded the highest age grade of the day with 77.69%, while Paul Sutherland achieved 73.45%.

A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteer team: Debbie Olivier, Felicity Laritz, Courtney Redmond, Jessy Murphy, Sophie Perisce, Donna Turner, Jarrod Graue, Mark Oates, Nicola Oates, Elisa Birch, Liz Boey and Lainie Groundwater. Your time, energy and support are what make parkrun possible every week.

Congratulations to everyone who walked, jogged, ran, volunteered, encouraged others or simply came along and enjoyed the morning. Whether it was your first parkrun, your 437th event, or somewhere in between, thank you for being part of the Redland Bay parkrun community.

See you next Saturday for another Redland Bay parkrun.☺️
Debbie|RD

21/08/2026

Apologies for the quality of todays photos, the camera was on the incorrect setting so unfortunately quite a few will be blurry.